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Bishop David O’Connell looks at candles placed on an altar representing people who lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic, during a non-denominational memorial service to provide a space for community members who have lost loved ones in 2020 at the Saint Cornelius Catholic Church in Long Beach, California on November 14, 2020. | APU […]
Christian Singer Megan Danielle and Lauren Daigle appear on American Idol in 2023. | Screenshot: YouTube/AmericanIdol Season 21 of “American Idol” kicked off this week, featuring an appearance from Grammy Award-winning Christian singer Lauren Daigle, who emotionally surprised a Christian contestant auditioning in Las Vegas. Twenty-year-old Douglasville, Georgia, native Megan Danielle became a Christian singer […]
Kenneth Newcomer. | Screenshot/WRAL News Leaders of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, are calling on individuals whose children have ever participated in the church’s children’s ministry to contact the church or local law enforcement if they have ever experienced abuse in the ministry after an allegation of sexual abuse in the ministry. […]
Kelsey Grammer as Chuck Smith in the film, “Jesus Revolution,” a Lionsgate release. | Dan Anderson LOS ANGELES — When Jon Erwin first considered bringing “Jesus Revolution,” the story of the greatest spiritual awakening in American history, to the big screen in 2015, he never imagined that nearly a decade later, at the same time […]
Christian Atsu of Newcastle United arrives at the stadium prior to the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Leicester City at St. James Park on January 01, 2020, in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. | Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Nearly two weeks after he went missing following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey on […]
Bishop David O’Connell | Facebook A California bishop, known for his peacemaking efforts and work with low-income and immigrant communities, has been found dead with a gunshot wound to the upper body. His death is being investigated as a homicide. Los Angeles Auxiliary David O’Connell, who was 69 years old, was found dead at his […]
An image of an unborn child. | Reuters The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that an unborn baby killed as a result of the homicide of a pregnant woman is entitled to personhood rights. Last Tuesday’s ruling comes amid increasing debate over the rights of the unborn in the wake of the recent U.S. […]
JUBA, South Sudan, February 20, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Authorities in southeastern Sudan on Friday (Feb. 17) arrested a church leader for preaching to Muslims, according to a local Christian group. Yousif Ayoub Hussein Ali was detained during an open-air worship event in the Blue Nile state capital of Ad-Damazin, according to a press […]
Students crowd the altar at Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University during a revival event that began on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. | Josh Sadlon Asbury University, which has been the site of continual worship and prayer on campus for weeks and drawing tens of thousands of people to experience what God is doing, will move […]
Pastor Aracely Courtenay served as an assistant pastor at Emmanuel Church of God in Brooklyn, New York, where her husband, Bishop Curt Courtenay, is senior pastor. | YouTube/Emmanuel COG NEW YORK — A Brooklyn congregation is grieving after the wife of its senior pastor, who also served as assistant pastor, was fatally struck by a […]